Principia Mathematica Centenary
On the occasion of the centenary of the publication of the first volume of Principia Mathematica, this article aims to shed some light on Whitehead’s philosophy of mathematics, to differentiate Whitehead’s version of logicism Russell’s, and to show the unity of Whitehead’s thought. These aims rely W...
Published in: | Process studies |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Illinois Press
2010
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Process studies
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Summary: | On the occasion of the centenary of the publication of the first volume of Principia Mathematica, this article aims to shed some light on Whitehead’s philosophy of mathematics, to differentiate Whitehead’s version of logicism Russell’s, and to show the unity of Whitehead’s thought. These aims rely Whitehead’s basic insight that mathematics is the study of pattern. |
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ISSN: | 2154-3682 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Process studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/44799051 |